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Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Rushcliffe

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Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Rushcliffe

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Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Rushcliffe

00:51

9.48km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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616 m

Dog Pool at Cotgrave Country Park

Highlight • Lake

1.33 km

Cotgrave Country Park Lake

Highlight • Forest

1.57 km

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

Highlight • Lake

Formerly the run-off collection pond for the colliery spoil tips, now a picturesque fishing lake run by Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club.

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4.24 km

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

Highlight • Bridge

The colliery closed in 1993 and the park opened in 2000. The gates are no longer in use as the canal has become overgrown at this point, although they look to be in working condition.

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4.82 km

Woodland Path Along the Stream

Highlight • Trail

Narrow section of mostly natural woodland path through the trees alongside the stream.

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5.59 km

West Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views on a sunny day.

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7.91 km

Grantham Canal Path

Highlight • River

A few gates but otherwise a really beautiful route to avoid the roads

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9.27 km

Cotgrave Country Park

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Formerly the site of Cotgrave Colliery, one of the most modern pits in Britain, employing up to 2,000 people it closed in 1993. The coal was used to fuel the …

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9.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.21 km

1.01 km

177 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.25 km

1.98 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 1 June

19°C

13°C

95 %

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Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Rushcliffe

Dog Pool at Cotgrave Country Park

Cotgrave Country Park Lake

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

Woodland Path Along the Stream

West Viewpoint

Grantham Canal Path

Cotgrave Country Park

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